Archive for March 11, 2010
Since When Does Fox Give a Shit About Russia?
It’s late, but check this out (below).
This screenshot, from the Fox “News” homepage, speaks for itself in terms of the hate Fox is trying to stoke. I mean, when was the last time you heard anyone on Fox talk about Russia?
(Crickets.)
This isn’t about Russia. It’s about Obama and “socialism” and “fascism” and…November.
CNN Decides When “News” Happens
News happens all the time, everywhere; be it in India, China, England or Brazil. “The most trusted name in news” is on it, right?
Not exactly. This would be CNN’s New York headquarters tonight, as reported and photographed by Michael Moore.
If the U.S. is asleep; so too is the world. Nothing’s happening if it ain’t happening in the U.S.
Tweet of the Day — Re: America’s #1 Hater — Glenn Beck
From Greg Mitchell:
“Big labor?” As always, watch Fox and be stupid. “Big labor” accounts for only 12.3% of the U.S. workforce.
Oh, and I grew up in a “social justice religion.” What does that mean to me? That I volunteer at a food bank in an effort to help those less fortunate than I am. Glenn, that’s “fascism?”
Tea Party Nation is Against Forming a Third Political Party?
What? The Tea Party Nation is against forming a third political party?
Here’s an email I got from them today:
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Subject: ATTENTION all TPN Members:
Tea Party Nation
A message to all members of Tea Party Nation
It has recently come to our attention that an email is circulating referring to the newly established liberal-funded Tea Party of Nevada as TPN. This email repeatedly disparages the Tea Party group using the acronym TPN.
TPN – Tea Party Nation is Trademarked. If you receive this email or have forwarded this email, please make any and all attempts to correct this misinformation.
TPN (Tea Party Nation) is against the formation of a third party political party.
Thank you for your help in this matter.
Sherry Phillips
Vice President
Tea Party Nation
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Oh, this must be the version of the “grassroots” Tea Party that is actually an arm of the Republican party.
15,000 People — Per Day — Lost Health Insurance in 2009
15,000 people per day, PER DAY!, lost health insurance in 2009.
There but for the grace of God go I.
Payday Lenders Say They Can’t Make Money Lending at 36% Interest
Payday lenders have got to be the only people in the world who can’t make money charging 36% interest.
119 Words or Phrases Banned by the Tribune Co.
Randy Michaels, the CEO of the Tribune Co., handed down a list of words and phrases on Monday that must “never, ever be uttered” by anchors or reporters on Chicago’s WGN 720-AM news/talk radio. The idea is to deliver “the news in a down-to-earth, conversational manner.” (I.e., people don’t know the meaning of “big” words.)
The list is below.
Good luck to the anchors and reporters at WGN. It’s going to be very hard not to use some of these words (like authorities and campaign trail). And good luck to them too for having to work for a boss who involves himself in such petty stuff. It sounds like an awful place to work.
- “Flee” meaning “run away”
- “Good” or “bad” news
- “Laud” meaning “praise”
- “Seek” meaning “look for”
- “Some” meaning “about”
- “Two to one margin” . . . “Two to one” is a ratio, not a margin. A margin is measured in points. It’s not a ratio.
- “Yesterday” in a lead sentence
- “Youth” meaning “child”
- 5 a.m. in the morning
- After the break
- After these commercial messages
- Aftermath
- All of you
- Allegations
- Alleged
- Area residents
- As expected
- At risk
- At this point in time
- Authorities
- Auto accident
- Bare naked
- Behind bars
- Behind closed doors
- Behind the podium (you mean lecturn) [sic]
- Best kept secret
- Campaign trail
- Clash with police
- Close proximity
- Complete surprise
- Completely destroyed, completely abolished, completely finished or any other completely redundant use
- Death toll
- Definitely possible
- Diva
- Down in (location)
- Down there
- Dubbaya when you mean double you
- Everybody (when referring to the audience)
- Eye Rack or Eye Ran
- False pretenses
- Famed
- Fatal death
- Fled on foot
- Folks
- Giving 110%
- Going forward
- Gunman, especially lone gunman
- Guys
- Hunnert when you mean hundred
- Icon
- In a surprise move
- In harm’s way
- In other news
- In the wake of (unless it’s a boating story)
- Incarcerated
- Informed sources say . . .
- Killing spree
- Legendary
- Lend a helping hand
- Literally
- Lucky to be alive
- Manhunt
- Marred
- Medical hospital
- Mother of all (anything)
- Motorist
- Mute point. (It’s moot point, but don’t say that either)
- Near miss
- No brainer
- Officials
- Our top story tonight
- Out in (location)
- Out there
- Over in
- Pedestrian
- Perfect storm
- Perished
- Perpetrator
- Plagued
- Really
- Reeling
- Reportedly
- Seek
- Senseless murder
- Shots rang out
- Shower activity
- Sketchy details
- Some (meaning about)
- Some of you
- Sources say . . .
- Speaking out
- Stay tuned
- The fact of the matter
- Those of you
- Thus
- Time for a break
- To be fair
- Torrential rain
- Touch base
- Under fire
- Under siege
- Underwent surgery
- Undisclosed
- Undocumented alien
- Unrest
- Untimely death
- Up in (location)
- Up there
- Utilize (you mean use)
- Vehicle
- We’ll be right back
- Welcome back
- Welcome back everybody
- We’ll be back
- Went terribly wrong
- We’re back
- White stuff
- World class
- You folks
American Supremacy?
The United States is losing its standing in the world in so many ways. Not only is it falling apart from within, but the world is increasingly isolating it because of its “anachronistic” foreign policy positions.
Break Time — Photograph
I love this picture of a baby canary from the cover of the most recent issue of Science.
Photo: Fernando Trabanco
COVER Substances deposited by a mother bird into her eggs influence how intensely her offspring beg for food after hatching. In canaries, these substances are effectively a prenatal signal of parental generosity. In contrast to the common assumption, they function primarily to serve the evolutionary interests of the offspring rather than the mother.
More Double Standard “Reporting” from Fox
Fox is lucky its audience is so stupid (of course, watching Fox makes you stupid). As a matter of fact, they count on it. If they had the ability to remember anything beyond what they had for lunch, Fox couldn’t get away with this crap: After Defending Hastert Over Foley Scandal, Fox News Attacks Pelosi Over Massa.
From the File of: Extreme Overreaction (UPDATED)
Mississippi School District Cancels Prom After Same-Sex Couple Planned to Attend.
Then again, hey, it’s Mississippi.
UPDATE: The ACLU has sued the school district for violating the lesbian student’s First Amendment right to freedom of expression.
Bravo! I mean, even the Tea Partiers want us to adhere to the Constitution, right? So it’s a no-brainer.
Republicans Concentrate on Eric Massa While John Ensign Runs Wild
One minute I get an email steering me to this:
Previously undisclosed email messages turned over to the F.B.I. and Senate ethics investigators provide new evidence about [Republican] Senator John Ensign’s efforts to steer lobbying work to the embittered husband of his former mistress and could deepen his legal and political troubles.
The next minute I read a tweet about this: GOP will Call for a Massa [a Democrat] Investigation.
When will the “liberal media” move from 24/7 Massa coverage to 24/7 Ensign coverage?
Another Cogent Argument from a Tea Partier
Tea Partiers staged an anti-tax rally outside the state Capitol building in Denver yesterday. One participant made this cogent argument as to why he was there:
Asked why he turned out to protest…73-year-old Bob Bunderson of Berthoud talked about federal spending and complained about members of Congress. When asked about how state lawmakers figured in those issues, he said, “I guess I get the state the the U.S. (governments) confused sometimes.”
Berthoud is roughly 60 miles northwest of Denver, so our friend Bob Bunderson here got in his car and drove for about an hour to get to the Capitol with essentially no idea why he was doing it.
Wow.
